If there’s one thing the 2020s have taught us so far, it’s to expect the unexpected… which in this case is the fact that Liz Truss is a massive Taylor Swift fan.
The former Prime Minister, who stepped down on Thursday after just 44 days in office, has made no secret of the fact that she’s a huge Swiftie, having walked out to her music and quoted the singer in the Houses of Parliament.
Here’s a look back at all the times Liz Truss let the world know just how much she loves Taylor Swift.
Ms Truss has previously managed to get a selfie with her favourite star in February 2019, sharing the snap on her Instagram account as she told her followers: ‘Look what you made me do, Taylor…. #squadgoals #swiftwork #trouble #baftadinner.’
The pair’s paths had crossed at an event for Bafta, which we can imagine probably made Ms Truss’s day and/or life.
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She also made headlines in March 2020 when she quoted Swift’s song The Man in a speech during the International Women’s Day debate.
British Minister for Women and Equalities Liz Truss quotes @TaylorSwift13âs single, #TheMan during the International Womenâs Day Debate: âWomen are left running as fast as they can, wondering if they would get there quicker if they were a man.â pic.twitter.com/TswAlNVp4R
Ms Truss told the assembled politicians barriers for women need to be broken down ‘so that in the words of the brilliant Taylor Swift in her new song, women aren’t left running as fast as they can, wondering if they would get there quicker if they were a man.’
The Man is a pretty epic song, to be fair, so we can’t blame Ms Truss for trying to shoehorn it into her speech.
After their meeting at the start of 2019, Ms Truss clearly still had Tay-Tay on her mind in December when it came to thinking up an Instagram caption for her selfie.
Ms Truss took a photo of herself with a telephone headset on as she told her followers: ‘I’m sorry, Liz Truss can’t come to the phone right now….. cause she’s #ringing2win.’
The caption was inspired by Taylor saying: ‘I’m sorry, the old Taylor can’t come to the phone right now. Why? Oh, cause she’s dead!’, at the start of Look What You Made Me Do.
In September 2022 Ms Truss walked out to Swift’s song Change for a debate, and was also seen walking out to Long Live when she won the leadership election.
After winning the prime minister election Liz truss walks out to âlong liveâ by Taylor swift pic.twitter.com/4rCnbplHsa
Ms Truss had made a statement outside 10 Downing Street on Thursday to reveal she was resigning after 44 days in office.
She told the nation: ‘Given the situation, I cannot deliver the mandate on which I was elected by the Conservative Party,’ just a day after she claimed she was a ‘fighter not a quitter’.
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Ms Truss has also officially become the shortest-serving Prime Minister in British history after having faced mounting calls to resign from her MPs.
With Taylor Swift’s new album Midnights set to be released on Friday, we’re seriously expecting a resignation selfie with some of her new lyrics to be imminent, too.
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